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| Page 28: A Good Decision - The Mooneys Come West | Page 29: Mrs. Weightman Makes a Fresh Start |
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How to Build a “Soddy”. |
Page 31: The Half-Way House |
| Page 32: The Mailman |
Page 28: A Good Decision - The Mooneys Come West
Millford, established in 1880, was the first village south of the Assinboine River
This maps shows stage and mail routes in the early 1880's. For a short time Millford it was an imporatnt place. Many settlers to the southwest corner came up the Assinipoine by steamboat, disembarked at the Millford Landing, and poroceded south and west.
This 1881 map shows settlement numbers in 1881. One dot equals 50 people.
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Mr. Barneby's Visit
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Vol. IV, P55
Page 29: Mrs. Weightman Makes a Fresh Start
Mrs. Elizabeth Weightman, a widow from northern England, and her children, arrived at their homestead in the spring of 1882 after a fifty-six day journey from Edinburgh, Scotland.
A school, also called West Hall was built on the Weightman property. Their original
farm yard is not occupied, but visible in the background.
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Mrs. Weightman Comes to Canada
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Vol. IV, Page 32
Page 30: How to Build a “Soddy”.
Most people used their sod huts for just a few years before upgrading to wood.
Page 31: The Half-Way House
Halfway Houses were a combination; restaurant, motel, and livery stable. It was like a bed and breakfast with an extra meal thrown in – plus a gas station to fuel up your horse!
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The Halfway House
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Vol. IV, Page 21
Page 32: The Mailman
In the early 1880’s the main road from Old Deloraine to Brandon was the Heaslip Trail named
for Sam Heaslip who established the trail and used it to deliver the mail.
Most of the "communities" on this map were just post offices, often in homes.
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Sam Heaslip - The "Stage Coach" Mailman
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Vol. IV, Page 17